— Fire Response and Resources —
As firestorms continue to rage in the Pacific Palisades and foothills above the San Gabriel Valley, Bishop John Harvey Taylor reflects on ways to “reclaim our oneness in Christ” amid the crisis, inviting relief gifts to the diocesan One Body & One Spirit Appeal.
The Episcopal News 
Recovery Information and Resources
- Los Angeles 211 Wildfire Resources and Information
- FEMA Displacement Assistance
- Guide to Disaster Assistance Services for Californians
- Guide to Disaster Assistance Services for Immigrant Californians
- Guía de Servicios de Asistencia en Caso de Desastres para Californianos Inmigrantes
- California Health and Human Services Emergency Resource Guide
- California Office of Emergency Services State Recovery Resources
- Fire Hotel Rooms
- How to Prepare for a Wildfire
Gathering / Respite Space
Various congregations across the diocese are standing by to offer gathering/respite space for individuals or groups. These include the following. Please contact clergy/administrators on site, or email Canon Bob Williams at bishopsoffice@ladiocese.org.
San Gabriel Valley: All Saints, Pasadena; St. Barnabas, Pasadena; St. James, South Pasadena; Covina, Holy Trinity;
Los Angeles: St. John’s Cathedral, Los Angeles; St. Mary in Palms, Los Angeles; St. Paul’s Commons, Echo Park; Holy Nativity, Westchester
L.A. South Bay: St. George’s, Hawthorne; St. Cross, Hermosa Beach; St. Peter’s, San Pedro
Orange County: St. Michael and All Angels, Corona del Mar; St. Clement’s by-the-Sea, San Clemente
Riverside County: All Saints, Riverside
Santa Barbara County: All Saints by-the Sea, Santa Barbara; St. Mark’s in the Valley, Los Olivos
Faith Resources
Here are four resources from Episcopal Relief and Development for talking, praying, and worshipping with each other this week. These tools can be used with small or large groups.
- Ministering to Children After a Disaster
- Ministering to Youth After a Disaster
- Ministering to Teens After a Disaster
- Ministering to Adults After a Disaster
- God is With Me: A Guided Workbook for Children after Experiencing a Disaster – a helpful booklet for children, developed after the recent flooding in North Carolina. It can be used with individual children or groups of young people.
- Resources for Parents Navigating Wildfires
For Diocesan Clergy and Lay Ministers
Reminders from Episcopal Relief and Development:
- Emotional life cycle of a disaster
- Remember to check in on vulnerable members of your community. There are many ways to be affected by the fire outside of the evacuation areas (e.g. place of employment damaged/closed, sheltering evacuees etc).
- Be mindful next Sunday that newcomers to churches across the region may be displaced by the fires.